Non-Fiction Books

Non-Fiction Books

Devil on the Deep Blue Sea: The Notorious Career of Captain Sam Hill of Boston

“Mary Malloy’s SAM HILL is a tour de force -- a fascinating, highly readable, and meticulously researched portrait of an extraordinary American mariner and his age. Highly recommended.” — Nathaniel Philbrick

Souvenirs of the Fur Trade: Northwest Coast Indian Art and Artifacts Collected by American Mariners

1788 - 1884

“Malloy draws upon both museum records and ethnohistorical documentation, thoroughly examined and interpreted in new ways. The precise, non-judgmental description of obscure collections data, much of it made more widely accessible here for the first time, will be especially pertinent to scholars of the subject.” — American Antiquity

"Boston Men" On the Northwest Coast: The American Maritime Fur Trade

1788 - 1844

“An impressive work of painstaking scholarship, “Boston Men” on the Northwest Coast is a seminal reference work... a superb and valued contribution to the growing body of American maritime history.” -- Great Circle